Benjamin kochs



(No Model) B. KOCHS.

v PACKING BOX.

Patented Mar. 29, 1898.

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BENJAMIN KOCHS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCIIOEN- THALER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,571, dated March 29, 1898.

' Application filed April 28, 1897. Serial No. 634,304:- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN KocHs, a citizen of the United States, residing at the cityof St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Folding Cell-Frames for Packing-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a partition-packing to be placed in boxes, which packing is adapted to be folded together before being set up for use, in order that the same may be separately packed for shipment and yet be ready at any time for immediate placing in boxes. The said partition-packing possesses features of novelty hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure I illustrates a top View of my improvement, showing the packing part folded for shipment. Fig. II illustrates a side view of Fig. I. Fig. III shows a perspective view of the packing ready to be placed in a box. Fig. IV is a detail perspective view, on a larger scale, showing the manner of securing together the strips which form the partitions.

1 1 are the partition-strips which are set in one direction, and 2 2 are the partition-strips which are set at right angles to the strips 1 1. These partition-strips are set up, row] being placed in one direction and then row 2 being placed on top thereof at right angles thereto, and at the lines of intersection the two sets of strips are then secured together by means of a binding-wire 3. Heretofore the crossing strips have hadcut-outs on their edges or through the center thereof to accomplish a fastening therefor; but this would not allow the packing being collapsed and pressed into the compact form shown in Fig. I. At each of the crossings bet-ween the different sets of strips the wire 3 is bent upon itself or twisted at 5, and at the top layer where the Wire 3 is tied one end thereof is bent upon itself or twisted and turned over at 4. This prevents any sharp points from sticking up and affords ample security for holding the packing in place.

The wires are comparatively light, yet strong enough to maintain the strips 1 and 2 in a vertical position, and the ties 5 being all in one direction allow the complete folding of the packing, so that when it is set up in the factory it may be thus folded and packed in a minimum space for shipment ready for use.

Fig. I shows how the packing is folded, yet

it can be packed much tighter than therein shown, as the spaces between the strips have been left wider than in actual use in order that the construction may be shown. In former devices where the vertical position of the strips and the proper space have been accomplished by means of cut-outs either on the edges or in the center of the strips this folding of the packing for shipment or storage until needed for use has been impossible. The strips 1 and 2 had to be separated and then set up when ready for use. My device affords a stronger partition and avoids the extra labor of setting up. The wire 3 is shown as double, drawn from two spools; but I do not limit myself to this construction, as the wire may be single and return on the opposite side of the strip, in which case the tie 4 is avoided and a smooth surface is presented at the top of the packing.

While I have shown and described the strips I enabling the strips to fold lengthwise; the

strips of each tier lying alongside each other; substantially as described.

BENJAMIN KOOHS. Witnesses:

E. S. KNIGHT, STANLEY S'roNnR. 

